December 2, 2024 • 31 mins
Talked with Monica Yeshek, Dir. of Marketing & Communications and Chanuokah Jersome, Commiunity Health Educator from The Promise Fund. Promise Fund was founded by Nancy G. Brinker. Their mission is to increase survivorship from breast and cervical cancer by providing guided support and access to screenings, as well as early detection." The services are free and open to listeners in Palm Beach County and they have plans to expand into the treasure coast. They have a lot of events/community programs. Recently they had Village of Wellington Senior Health Fair, PInk in the Rink, Taste of City Place for example. Listeners can get more info, volunteer, donate by going to www.thepromisefund.org.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
iHeart Communities Presents Palm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective which Dead Nepp.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, Welcome to Palm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host, dev Net. Thanks for spending your weekend on me.
Always great things happening. If you haven't been, put this
one on your calendar. It is a stretch by candlelight
evening yoga at Museum Point Park. Such a fun thing.
It happens on Tuesdays from six to seven pm. For
more details, reach out to the folks at the Fence
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Center seven seven to two for six two fifteen twenty one,
and they're happy to give you details on that. And
the Fen Center's got things going on coming up. On
December fourteenth, they're hosting Brunch with Santa. That's going to
be from nine to noons, so bring out the kiddos,
have a fun time. It's good, good for all ages. Obviously,
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there's going to be a ten dollars per person ticket price.
And for more details on all of the good stuff
call them at seven seven to two for six two
fifteen twenty one. I'll reminder from our friends, but Palm
Beach Shakespeare festal they're mixing it up this a little
bit this year. So they usually just have their show
in July at Steve Breeze Amphitheater in Carlm Park and
out in the Comments Park in Royal Palm Beach. This
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year they're starting early. They're gonna split it. So Palm
Beach Shakespeare Festival is doing a free Shakespeare by the
Palms this production. That one's gonna be as you like it,
and that's gonna be January thirtieth through February second at
the Comments Park out in Royal Palm Beach. It canna
be a lot of fun. It starts, of course, at
eight o'clock at night, free to the public. To go
from more details give them a call five to six
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y one, five four to three eighty two seventy six.
And of course you mentioned this before. Culture and Cocktails
is coming up at the Ben fun fun thing. They
do sell it quickly, so if you want to go,
make sure you get your tickets. The first one coming
up is laugh Lines on January sixth. Then we have
Divine Dramatic Divas February twenty fourth, the Ultimate musical Finale
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on April fourteenth, and again, like I said, it's the
ben But to go get more information or tickets, go
to Palm Beach Culture dot com and you can get
them right there online. Oh and they're doing new thing
you might have seen it.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
It is.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Go to be setting up at the Cravis Center and
their Family Plaza. It's the Mikasa your Casa two point
zero and they're like the outdoor Swings, so you and
your friends and family can go out and swing. It's
just such a fun thing. It's going to be going
on through December twenty ninth at the Cravis and the
Family Plaza and also the Cravis. All kinds of amazing
things happening. They have Patti LaBelle on December seventeenth, if
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you haven't seen her, sign up for the show. Ah,
absolutely amazing, such a wonderful voice. And now on December
nineteenth through the twenty fourth they're doing circ Dreams Holidays,
So this is this is good for all ages and
especially the big kids. I cannot believe all the different
twists and ways they can do. Everything's so cool. Then
they have December twenty seventh through the twenty ninth Forbidden
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Broadways Greatest Hits coming, and of course January first, their
annual Salute to Vienna. New Year's concert happening. Renee Fleming
is coming soprano on January fifth. January sixth, Lunch and
learn with Renee Fleming. So that's a bit. She canna
talk about music and mind. So definitely definitely sign up.
Simply go to Cravis dot org. All the details are
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on there and if you want to be an Usher
volunteer you can find out more about that there as well.
Speaking about finding out more information and welcome. Want to
welcome my guests for today, I have Monica Yeshchik and
Hinukua Jerome. Good morning ladies, thank you, good morning, thank you.
So you guys are from the Promise fun correct, yes, right, Shanuka,
what do you do there?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I am the community health educator at the Promise Fend
so tell.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
People about like all different programs and things that are available.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yes, So mainly I try to go into the community
and outreach to a lot of the ladies that would
need our services as well as present to organizations that
could have our target population and keep them informed on
what we do here in the community.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
That's fantastic. And Monica, what do you do?
Speaker 3 (04:06):
So?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I head up our marketing and communications, and I work
alongside of all of our staff to make sure that
we are spreading the word in the community about the
Promise Fund and what we do and where people can
go for resources.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Oh very cool. Well, speaking of the Promise Fund, tell
the listeners and I what is the Promise Fund, because
it's new to me. It's a new charity, right.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
It is.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
I would say the charity itself is new. We've been
in existence for about six years. However, we are founded
by the founder of Susan G. Coleman, who is Pink
and October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so we bring
a lot of history to the table as it relates
to helping the underserved women of the community gain access
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to breast and cervical cancer screening.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
I would say that Nancy's always been a big supporter
of folks who need care and they need for the
best outcome, the earlier the detection. Yes, so I actually,
as the listeners know, two time breast cancer survivor, very
fortunate that mine got detected early. I'm still here because
of that. What I find interesting is people always sending
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me information about like did you see this latest research
on breast cancer and all this stuff. And of course
now I'm fascinated about it. Once you're in the loop,
you're you're like, oh, I want to know you know
kind of thing. And of course part of that is
to help your friends, your sisters, everybody to prevent it
from them. So they don't need to be part of
this club. It can be a club of one. In
my opinion, they don't need to join. But the fact
that all this information's out there in our area, we
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have a like forty percent higher survival rate than rural
areas of the country just because of the community outreage
and awareness.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
So good job, ladies, Thank you, And I do want
to say you're absolutely correct. You could be what we
call an ambassador for our program because the more people know,
the better they're able to detect this early and that
is ultimately what increases the chance of survivorship. And so
Nancy Brinker has taken it from research with Susan G.
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Coleman to actually providing access with Promise Fund.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
So what is the actual mission of the Promise Fund.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
So the mission of the Promise Fund is to increase
survivorship from breast and cervical cancer by providing guided support
and access to screenings as well as early detection, treatment
and beyond. Our model gives every woman the opportunity to
attain healthcare regardless of who she is, where she lives,
and her level of income. And that's the Promise So
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that is the mission according to our website and something
that we keep in mind. But in layman's terms, I
can say that the Promise Fund it provides a very
unique model, which is the patient navigation model. And what
we do is we have women walk our ladies through
from point A, which is something like a screening, a
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mammogram or pop test, all the way to treatment if necessary.
We get them access to care, we get them connected
to primary care, and then we get the MAXSS to
these screenings. The earlier the better, So that is exactly
what the Promise Fund does.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I think that's fantastic because my cancer was so many
years ago, with a breast cancer twenty plus years ago,
thank goodness. But it was just me, a single person.
Luckily had really good friends who actually took off work
to take me for treatments because we didn't know all
these services were available in the community. And that's one
of the reasons I started doing the talk show was
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to let people know there's actually stuff out there. But
if you don't know who to ask, you don't know,
you don't know what you don't know. And like we said,
knowledge is power and allows you to be better and
help other folks out. So I think this is a
great concept in the fact that there's a navigator because
I remember being having had my surgery, waiting to see
the doc. There was an emergency. Best friends there, I'm
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good for nothing. I was so much pain out of it,
and my appointment time came and went hour an hour later,
and she got up in the lady's face and said
she had an appointment, what's going on? So she on
that one time advocated for me, found out there had
been an emergency, and yeah, everybody in the waiting room
understands that, but they weren't transparent about that.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
So once we found that out, like okay, she's like,
how much longer because if it's going to be more
than a half hour, we need your reschedule. And she's
just like that's what her decision was because she was
one driving me and they got me in. But overall,
from my experience, the patient has to be their own
best advocate. But when everything is happening and coming at
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you so quickly, you don't necessarily know what to ask.
You're the trauma and the scariness of it is overwhelming.
And like for me, I was single, but I can't
imagine like if you were married, or if you're married
and you had kids, you still take care of all
those other responsibilities. Of course, it doesn't just stop because
you're sick, of course, So having somebody help you navigate
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that to make sure well all the dots, all the
eyes are dotted, teaser cross kind of thing that would
be so helpful.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Yeah. I mean, when you think about breast cancer and
you think about the statistics that you're hearing that out
of every ten women eat are getting breast cancer, you
know that sounds very scary, you know, and if somebody
is telling you, you know, maybe you should get your mammogram,
you know, you're thinking, like the worst is going to happen.
You know, you're thinking, oh, it's going to come back
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and it's going to say that I have breast cancer.
But the point of having a navigator walk you through
it is to say, hey, you know, I know that
this can be hard, but you need to get this done.
Can I take, like, let me take a bit of
the anxiety out of it and make it, you know,
a little bit more personable for them. So if they
do have any fears, if they do have any questions,
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they have somebody that's there guiding them through all of
that as well.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
When I've actually been very fortunate, we're talking before the show,
the different doctors that I've been getting treatment with. They're
very upfront with me and like if I have a question,
they're like, Okay, this is step one we need to do.
We need to do scan, we need to do the mammogram,
and then we'll review the results. Step two, Step three,
we'll talk about the results. Step four. If it's benign,
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we just keep up with what they call active surveillance.
You come back in six months, we'll just keep an
eye on it. If it's not. If it comes back cancers,
well then we're going to do a biopsy. We're going
to do like they're going to do the steps, but
they like break it down into little manageable bites for
me of how I can process, and they just recognize
that that helps me. So I think that's in my
mind what a navigator would be doing, breaking it down
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into the little bits and it's not so scary when
you have somebody to call, that phone a friend thing.
It's really good. The lifeline, it's a good thing to have.
So for folks who are listening and they may not
have insurance or like like for my case back and
the path, I'm under insured, how does it work? I mean,
is our cost to get a man? Do they call you?
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Do they go to the website?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
So perfect, I'm glad that you asked that. Ideally we
serve those who are underinsured and who do not have
any insurance. You can easily, you know, access us through
our website. You can go to the Promise Fund dot
org and request services there. You can also call us
at eight seven seven four two seven seven sixty six four.
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And I'm sure we'll talk about that later. But there
is no cost to getting a mammogram as long as
you qualify financially for our program. We typically go according
to the federal poverty level the line. So for instance,
if you are in a family of four, you wouldn't
have like a household income no more than about sixty
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two thousand dollars. But you know, those of you who
are listening, don't you know, get mixed up in the numbers.
You can just call and we like to make sure
that you just speak to us and we could tell
you whether you qualify or not. So financial and then
even if you have insurance, you can also qualify as well.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Oh yeah, So basically we want you to call yes,
because I like we talked about the show. Early detection
is key. Gives you the best possible outcome and if
you don't know, you can't fix it.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
And I was just going to say too, some people
aren't comfortable with calling, you are more than welcome to
go through the website as well, because there is a
form and where we will get you to the right
person to make sure that you're taken care of.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
So obviously they can go to the website or they
can call, Can they text or not yet? Not yet,
but you're working on it.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
We are because I have friends I'm like have to
text them, like I'm calling you. You need to pick
up some otherwise they won't answer the phone.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Well, actually, on the website, in the request services, you
provide your phone number and if you prefer text messaging,
you can click text messaging and the person who follows
up with you can text you, So that is a
way of you know, communicating some.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Work around already. Good job. I love it. Thanks because
some people like again, we want to meet people where
they are. Yes, So I used to do some sales stuff,
and if somebody called me on the phone, I replied
with a phone call. If they texted me, I replied
with a text. They emailed me, I replied with an email.
They wrote me a letter in the mail. Send them
back a letter in the mail. Because that's their level
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of doing business. So it doesn't help me if I'm
calling somebody who's trying to text, because, like I said,
they're not going to answer the phone, right, Yeah, meeting
people where they at. So I think you guys are
set up to do that perfectly. I think I love it.
And I have a lot of people listening. Men and
women would like to help volunteer and promote this because
we want ever to get access to healthcare. How do
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they volunteer with a Promise Fund?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
So we recently launched our volunteer Ambassador program. That's a
primary role that we have right now. To volunteer, you
can just go to our website at the Promise Fund
dot org. Ford slash volunteer and right there that will
kind of take your information and send it to our
volunteer coordinator. So I'll just talk a little bit about
the role of the volunteer. So an ambassador, a volunteer
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ambassador would be out in the field like us, and
we would be recruiting women who would qualify for our
program and get them that early access to care. So
we do outreach in a lot of food pantries, a
lot of different shelters and things like that where we
would find women that would qualify for a program, and
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that's where they would be working and helping us recruit
these women.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
And do the Do you also go to some of
the churches because they allowed them to information group things.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Yeah, we did launch our Faith based Initiative group where
we do go to different religious organizations and we present
the Promise Fund and what we could do for their congregation.
So we do speak to different faith groups. So let's
back up a little bit.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Tell me a little bit more about Nancy, because I mean,
I know everybody knows her story with her sister Susy
and the reason for the Komen and then now she's
made one more step up into the game. Again with
offering all these amazing services for folks who actually need services.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
So Nancy is a go getter, does not stop. None
of us can keep up with her. Still, yes, and
as you mentioned, her sister did dive from breast cancer
in the early eighties, which led her to the Susan
g Comen organization and not wanting any woman to have
to face the fear alone, and she dedicated forty plus
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years I think we're closer to forty five at this
point to the Susan g Comen organization and research. And
she thought she was going to retire in Florida. And
when she came down, she had three two friends I'm
sorry that put a piece in her mailbox that showed
that Pommeach County, while being one of the richest counties
in the United States, had one of the worst rates
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of healthcare for the people that lived there, and they
asked her to do something about it. And so, with
her experience, she took that wink and she developed the
Promise Fund.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
And that's fantastic. And I always say, like one people
are like, oh, I can't make a difference something. Seriously,
Nancy commen, one person, Sorry, Nancy Brinker. One person made
a huge difference, and all, like I'll I would do
is call and say I need help with this. Would
you help?
Speaker 3 (16:20):
Yeah, and you're.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Gonna say yes. I mean you may say no, the
baby's sick. I bet I can help you tomorrow. Yes,
but you know what I'm saying. Or if it's not
something that you're comfortable with, you can say that's not
my wheelhouse. But Monica can do this. Let me call her.
So we all network amongst each other, and I think
that's Nancy Brinker's strong suit. She networks flawlessly, whether being
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an ambassador for the US, you know, working with coman,
having a little cocktail hour at her house. You know
what I'm saying. People come and you just I should
just go through life. You meet the most amazing people
and then later on you find out how amazing they
really were, and you're like, oh, I had no idea,
my tennis buddy, you know. So it's cool. So I
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think she's got that. That actual was my grandma called
the knack to do that.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
You're right the knack And you said something that she
says a lot lately, and that's we all deserve to
live in a healthy community and at the end of
the day, it makes all of us better.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Oh yeah, Some my friends are like avid boaters, so
their whole thing is like when the water in the
lake rises, all the boats rise. It helps everybody equally,
which I find out I think a fantastic visual for folks.
Everybody benefits. So I think that's just the way everybody
should should be. Like I grew up like near the
Amish community in Pennsylvania. I've seen people build a barn
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in a day, folks. So when you tell me you
can't do something like, I'm not buying into that because
they build a barn a barn, you don't understand how
a huge barn that could hold you know, fifty cows,
can you? I mean, everybody can do it. If you
get together, you can do it. The community thing makes
a huge difference.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
It definitely takes a team to come together to do this.
For sure. We are blessed to have a number of
us on the staff that unfortunately have been affected and
breast cancer in some way, shape or form, which also
drives that mission, you know, because you have that personal
attachment to it. But you know, us putting our hands
together and you know, putting our thinking caps together and
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being able to outreach of the community, you know, is
definitely a blessing for sure.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Oh yeah, and before you guys came in on, Chris,
I looked up. I had to look up the top
three causes of death in women. Number one, interesting enough,
is heart disease. So ladies eat well, take that walk
after each meal, you know, try and find a way
to meditate. I recommend the call map. I love it
yoga if you can do it. Some of us aren't
quite that bendi, but that's okay, more about breathing and relaxing.
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Number two is cancer all forms. And then the third one,
interestingly enough is stroke, which it kind of ties into
the heart disease, so like you fix one, you're going
to fix the other. And men is heart disease cancer.
And then their third one is like a cross like
suicide depression. So but anyway, but very similar that that's
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the cancer second for both people, for both groups.
Speaker 3 (19:06):
Oh yeah, I think skin cancer is the number one
cancer that American woman face and breast cancer is a
close second.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
So yes, yeah, And the neighbor kids laughing me because
I walk in the pool with like the full clothes,
you know, the swim gear, like the long pants swim gear.
They're like, why are you wearing that? I'm like skin
cancer and they're like, what, yes, so now I'm at
higher risk for that.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Yes, wear your sunscreen and get.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
And go for your annual physical with the doc. With
those the dermatologist, So I went freckles everywhere, and I
honestly thought it was just a freckle, and she's like,
we really need to take her a sample of that,
and I'm like, what I came back benin but like
what I honestly thought was nothing was concerning for her
as a doc to seeing it. And I was like,
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I don't even see what you're seeing. So I'm so
glad you looked, because I'm not gonna be looking at
some freckle on my ankle. I mean it's not you know,
So you gotta go get that, like we obviously that
you have to go get treatments, get dock, have to
go to the doc, be proactive for your own health
and for their friends and loved ones because they want
you here. Yes, agree, So I know you guys do
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really cool events. So there's like events, there's charity fundraisers.
So tell me a little bit about that, Like, if
I'm a business, do I sponsor an event?
Speaker 3 (20:19):
How does it work?
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Yeah, we absolutely do. We have fundraising events out in
the community. We do a lot of events, some of
them are invitation only, and we also have community events.
We have what we call our Pink Tie Guy coming up,
which is one of the biggest fundraising events, and that's
dedicated to the men of the community that help raise
funds for women getting these services. We have a major
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donor dinner. We actually have a bridge lighting in January.
That's pretty cool because we it's a symbol of bridging
the gap that exists with women obtaining health care and
it falls in January, which is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month,
something that we also help with. I know we've talked
a lot about breast Cervical cancer is something too that
the Promise Fund will help with and Shanuoka can speak
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more to the community events that we also attend, host
and partner with.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Yeah, of course, So we recently had a mammogram pop
up in West del Ray last Thursday where we were
able to screen about twenty women. They were able to
get their mammograms for free. And then we have a
couple coming up in the new year, so things start
to slow down towards the end of the year. But
in January for Civical Awareness Month, we have a MAMMO
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pop up on the twenty ninth in Lakeworth and then
on the first of February we'll be in Belglade. But
we also do attend some of the community events throughout
the Palm Beach, like we're attending an event with Healthy Mother's,
Healthy Babies on December sixteenth as well, where we'll be
providing education to the community there.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Oh fantastic And speaking of cervical cancer, tell me and
the listeners little bit about that one, Safie chalk about
breast cancer because I've had that one, so I know
a bit more about that one. But hey, if somebody
had cervical cancer, they're like, hey, don't forget me.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Yes exactly.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Yeah. So cervical cancer not as common as breast cancer.
But a good thing about it is that is completely preventable.
The way that you can prevent it is by you know,
getting your PAP tests. So you go to your obi
giine typically every year every two to three years, depending
on how your ob giine suggests that you go, and
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you get that PAP test. It checks to see if
you have any abnormal cells, and if you do, typically
you know they'll get you started right away, just like
breast cancer. You know, the earlier the better. However, unfortunately,
even in Palm Beach and in Florida, we have a
lot of people dying to late stage cervical cancer, even
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though it is preventable. So we try to get the
education out there as much as possible because if we
can help prevent it, you know, we want to be
able to do that.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Oh absolutely, you're like going and see the doc. You
need that well visited.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
You need to need the the.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Blood checker, the blood check, the paps, mirror, the mammogram,
all those things. And one of my friends she sketchles
them all around her birthday because she's like, I'm gonna
remember my birthday every year, so she wants to have
a happy birthday, so she just schedules all those things
to make herself stay healthy. I think it's kind of
a cool idea.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
Yeah, that is very clever. I like that.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Yeah, And the thing is like I went once many
years ago, had one weird pap. Don't think about that.
They don't be worried they'll just have you come back
in three to six months and test again, yes, and
then if something's off again, then they'll be more testing,
of course. And they said people have abnormal pops all
the time, uncommon because I know when I got that
was the only one I'd ever had, and I was
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so worried. And no, no, it's no cause for alarm
yet kind of thing. So I don't want people to
be scared to go and get these tests. No, get
your mammogram. And I've really encouraged the mammogram and the
papsmere because well, look, cervical, you're not going to notice. No,
that's nothing you see there.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
It's typically asymptomatic, like it won't present with anything until
it's like late later on. So it's yeah, you're not
gonna know, So it's best to go for sure to
your appointments.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
And a lot of b rust cancers diagnosed with the
MRI or the three D scan there's no lump, you know.
For me, there was no lump. They just saw something
on the film and they're like, we need to check
that out, yep, And luckily they did so they caught
it so early because they saw that.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Yeah. Yeah, the mammogram allows to catch a lump two
years before it actually develops physically, so it is definitely
important in getting mamogram.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah, I'm such a science nerd.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
This is so cool.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
I am too. I am too.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
We do have the latest technology that we're offering as well,
between three D and AI, and so it actually makes
a big difference.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
Yeah, thanks, the whole logic.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Well, yeah, and sometimes it's a little bit uncomfortable with
some of those tests, especially you know, the compressing, but hey,
you know, two minutes or more.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Of less to save your life, you're worth it, Yes,
for sure.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
That's my thing is you're absolutely worth taking this extra
step for yourself and taking that time for yourself to
go to likely say in the airplane, when the air
that little mask drops down, you put it on yourself first.
Then you're able to help the other folks around you. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
As women, we are very empathetic, we're very caring, we're
very nurturing, and we easily neglect ourselves. But the best
way you can take care of your family and your
friends is by taking care of you.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I totally agree. And of course what's the phone number
again for them in the website And then get more
information so they can visit our website at the promisefund
dot org. I can spell it out t H E
P R O, M I S E, f U n
D dot org and they can call us at eight
seven seven four two seven seven six sixty four eight
(25:44):
seven seven four two seven seven sixty sixty four. Now,
if you do not get somebody who answers the phone,
please leave a message and somebody will get back to
you within twenty four to forty eight hours. Oh fantastic.
I like that, And like so if somebody's listening and
they want to do an event and have you guys
be the beneficiary, do they call you? How do they
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set that up?
Speaker 4 (26:05):
Yeah, they can call the phone number. I would even
suggest going directly to the website. We have an info
email there and that will come into our inbox to
make sure that somebody does respond to it quickly. We
are all for those sorts of relationships. So thank you
for offering that.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Oh yeah, I think it's such a fun thing because
I've gotten invites like come over to the island and
shop for handbags or scarves or whatever it is, and
then the proceeds go to you guys or some may
of a different charity, but I just need that such
a fun way, especially as the holidays are coming up.
People need presents. Yes, I love handbags. Why I hit hint,
(26:41):
But no, it's a fun way to give somebody a
gift and also give a gift to someone else. Yes,
by donating for the clause.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Yeah, you can also donate online too, if you were
interested in donating online. I love that you said, you know,
in the gift giving spirit, so you can give somebody
a mammogram or give somebody a you know, a pop test.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
So for oh, I think that's a great idea. I
mean seriously, Like if your friend came to you and said, dude,
can I borrow fifty bucks? I just need to get
test done. Yeah, you give him fifty bucks.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
You know, it just is what it is.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
I had a friend many years ago. He was struggling.
He was really down, and he finally came on social
media on Facebook and said, I have never asked anybody
for help. I'm so embarrassed. His truck broke, the computer broke,
He needed all these things, and it all happened at once,
because it never happens just a little bit. All happened
at once, so he sat like a little GoFundMe and
we all gave him the money and he got sorted out.
(27:36):
But I was like, always ask.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
My whole thing is that you don't ask, you don't
get yes. And the worst thing somebody could do, yeah,
they'll say no, say you no, you lost somebody else. Yes,
don't let that stop you. In my opinion, my co
works left me for that. But I'm like, hey, you
never know unless you ask. So this next things they
can donate online, yes, which I think is good. And
so you're obviously doing a lot of really amazing things. Now,
(28:01):
are there plans for you guys to expand in the future,
because I know there's always need for other things.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
That is a great question, and we're happy that you asked,
because we are expanding. If you have listeners outside of
Palm Beach County north into Martin South into Broward and
then this way we have Try County area covered, We're
going further west and we're it's a replication of the
program that we have within the Federally Qualified Health Center
(28:28):
in Palm Springs, Florida right now that will go into
Broward community. There will be one additional in West Palm
and one in Pointant Beach, and then we can refer
people to other medical places throughout the Tri County area.
So we try to make sure that we navigate the
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women to a place that's close to their home or
their place of work, so that that way we have
a higher success rate of getting them to the help
that they need.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Well, yeah, because so it can be difficult to getting
someplace it's like an hour away, or your car's broke
or you just can you guys help with that?
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
Well, fortunately we do have a partnership with Uber Health,
so whenever any of our ladies have an appointment, we
will transport them to that appointment. They don't have to
worry about any transportation at all. That is such a
great service. Let me just tell you what.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
That's such a great service. Yes, having had to have
some procedures done where you're not able to drive afterward
and all of your friends work, yeah yeah, and they
won't let you take an Uber and I'm like, come
on now, somebody's got to come pick me up. Yeah yeah, yeah,
so I got mine sorted out, But that would be
a much better route to go. Oh no, yeah, it
can definitely be an inconvenience and a burden, you know,
(29:42):
just thinking about how you're going to get to the doctor.
Just taking that barrier or that obstacle out of your
you know, your thinking definitely helps for sure. Oh gosh. Yeah,
it's like could say, okay, we need to be there
at ten to fifteen on Tuesday, the uber will be there,
you know, n yes, where you go. Yeah, there's no
like oh but I can't, but you can and we're
going to health you get there.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
I'd like that for you.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
So again, you guys are on social media too for
people to find out more information.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Yes, we are. We are on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Right, very nice.
Speaker 4 (30:13):
I like it?
Speaker 2 (30:14):
And is it Promise Fund?
Speaker 3 (30:15):
The Promise Fund?
Speaker 2 (30:17):
I'm a lot of clear friends. Well, I want to
thank you guys for doing such cool thing in the communities.
Obviously very much needed and appreciate it. What would you
tell folks about becoming involved with the Promise Fund for
the like I always people always looking for new things
for the New Year resolutions.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
I would just say to reach out and we're all
in this together. The stronger our community becomes, the stronger
you become, and it's a win win for everybody.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Yeah, I agree. You know when we talk about community too,
you know that phrase. We're only as strong as like
our weakest player, right, So ask your friends hey, like,
have you gone to the doctor, have you gotten your
mammo Graham? Have you had your wellness check? Check in
on them. If they don't have any insurance, provide them
with something like the promise fun and they could we
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could see if they would qualify or even if they
don't qualify. We have so many different resources that we
can get them connected to to ensure that they're taking
care of their health.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
I think that's fantastic. Well, Dadi, thanks for doing such
a cool thing in the community. Very much needed. Totally
appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
If you need more information, reach out to me Palm
Beach Perspective at iHeartMedia dot com. Happy to forward on
the details. Hope everybody has a wonderful weekend. I'm dev
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so be your healthiest view and let's get out there
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Good morning, Welcome to Palm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host, dev Net. Thanks for spending your weekend on me.
Always great things happening. If you haven't been, put this
one on your calendar. It is a stretch by candlelight
evening yoga at Museum Point Park. Such a fun thing.
It happens on Tuesdays from six to seven pm. For
more details, reach out to the folks at the Fence
(00:28):
Center seven seven to two for six two fifteen twenty one,
and they're happy to give you details on that. And
the Fen Center's got things going on coming up. On
December fourteenth, they're hosting Brunch with Santa. That's going to
be from nine to noons, so bring out the kiddos,
have a fun time. It's good, good for all ages. Obviously,
(00:48):
there's going to be a ten dollars per person ticket price.
And for more details on all of the good stuff
call them at seven seven to two for six two
fifteen twenty one. I'll reminder from our friends, but Palm
Beach Shakespeare festal they're mixing it up this a little
bit this year. So they usually just have their show
in July at Steve Breeze Amphitheater in Carlm Park and
out in the Comments Park in Royal Palm Beach. This
(01:11):
year they're starting early. They're gonna split it. So Palm
Beach Shakespeare Festival is doing a free Shakespeare by the
Palms this production. That one's gonna be as you like it,
and that's gonna be January thirtieth through February second at
the Comments Park out in Royal Palm Beach. It canna
be a lot of fun. It starts, of course, at
eight o'clock at night, free to the public. To go
from more details give them a call five to six
(01:32):
y one, five four to three eighty two seventy six.
And of course you mentioned this before. Culture and Cocktails
is coming up at the Ben fun fun thing. They
do sell it quickly, so if you want to go,
make sure you get your tickets. The first one coming
up is laugh Lines on January sixth. Then we have
Divine Dramatic Divas February twenty fourth, the Ultimate musical Finale
(01:54):
on April fourteenth, and again, like I said, it's the
ben But to go get more information or tickets, go
to Palm Beach Culture dot com and you can get
them right there online. Oh and they're doing new thing
you might have seen it.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
It is.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Go to be setting up at the Cravis Center and
their Family Plaza. It's the Mikasa your Casa two point
zero and they're like the outdoor Swings, so you and
your friends and family can go out and swing. It's
just such a fun thing. It's going to be going
on through December twenty ninth at the Cravis and the
Family Plaza and also the Cravis. All kinds of amazing
things happening. They have Patti LaBelle on December seventeenth, if
(02:35):
you haven't seen her, sign up for the show. Ah,
absolutely amazing, such a wonderful voice. And now on December
nineteenth through the twenty fourth they're doing circ Dreams Holidays,
So this is this is good for all ages and
especially the big kids. I cannot believe all the different
twists and ways they can do. Everything's so cool. Then
they have December twenty seventh through the twenty ninth Forbidden
(02:58):
Broadways Greatest Hits coming, and of course January first, their
annual Salute to Vienna. New Year's concert happening. Renee Fleming
is coming soprano on January fifth. January sixth, Lunch and
learn with Renee Fleming. So that's a bit. She canna
talk about music and mind. So definitely definitely sign up.
Simply go to Cravis dot org. All the details are
(03:20):
on there and if you want to be an Usher
volunteer you can find out more about that there as well.
Speaking about finding out more information and welcome. Want to
welcome my guests for today, I have Monica Yeshchik and
Hinukua Jerome. Good morning ladies, thank you, good morning, thank you.
So you guys are from the Promise fun correct, yes, right, Shanuka,
what do you do there?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
I am the community health educator at the Promise Fend
so tell.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
People about like all different programs and things that are available.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yes, So mainly I try to go into the community
and outreach to a lot of the ladies that would
need our services as well as present to organizations that
could have our target population and keep them informed on
what we do here in the community.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
That's fantastic. And Monica, what do you do?
Speaker 3 (04:06):
So?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I head up our marketing and communications, and I work
alongside of all of our staff to make sure that
we are spreading the word in the community about the
Promise Fund and what we do and where people can
go for resources.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Oh very cool. Well, speaking of the Promise Fund, tell
the listeners and I what is the Promise Fund, because
it's new to me. It's a new charity, right.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
It is.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
I would say the charity itself is new. We've been
in existence for about six years. However, we are founded
by the founder of Susan G. Coleman, who is Pink
and October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so we bring
a lot of history to the table as it relates
to helping the underserved women of the community gain access
(04:52):
to breast and cervical cancer screening.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
I would say that Nancy's always been a big supporter
of folks who need care and they need for the
best outcome, the earlier the detection. Yes, so I actually,
as the listeners know, two time breast cancer survivor, very
fortunate that mine got detected early. I'm still here because
of that. What I find interesting is people always sending
(05:17):
me information about like did you see this latest research
on breast cancer and all this stuff. And of course
now I'm fascinated about it. Once you're in the loop,
you're you're like, oh, I want to know you know
kind of thing. And of course part of that is
to help your friends, your sisters, everybody to prevent it
from them. So they don't need to be part of
this club. It can be a club of one. In
my opinion, they don't need to join. But the fact
that all this information's out there in our area, we
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have a like forty percent higher survival rate than rural
areas of the country just because of the community outreage
and awareness.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
So good job, ladies, Thank you, And I do want
to say you're absolutely correct. You could be what we
call an ambassador for our program because the more people know,
the better they're able to detect this early and that
is ultimately what increases the chance of survivorship. And so
Nancy Brinker has taken it from research with Susan G.
(06:10):
Coleman to actually providing access with Promise Fund.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
So what is the actual mission of the Promise Fund.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
So the mission of the Promise Fund is to increase
survivorship from breast and cervical cancer by providing guided support
and access to screenings as well as early detection, treatment
and beyond. Our model gives every woman the opportunity to
attain healthcare regardless of who she is, where she lives,
and her level of income. And that's the Promise So
(06:40):
that is the mission according to our website and something
that we keep in mind. But in layman's terms, I
can say that the Promise Fund it provides a very
unique model, which is the patient navigation model. And what
we do is we have women walk our ladies through
from point A, which is something like a screening, a
(07:01):
mammogram or pop test, all the way to treatment if necessary.
We get them access to care, we get them connected
to primary care, and then we get the MAXSS to
these screenings. The earlier the better, So that is exactly
what the Promise Fund does.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Well.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
I think that's fantastic because my cancer was so many
years ago, with a breast cancer twenty plus years ago,
thank goodness. But it was just me, a single person.
Luckily had really good friends who actually took off work
to take me for treatments because we didn't know all
these services were available in the community. And that's one
of the reasons I started doing the talk show was
(07:36):
to let people know there's actually stuff out there. But
if you don't know who to ask, you don't know,
you don't know what you don't know. And like we said,
knowledge is power and allows you to be better and
help other folks out. So I think this is a
great concept in the fact that there's a navigator because
I remember being having had my surgery, waiting to see
the doc. There was an emergency. Best friends there, I'm
(07:59):
good for nothing. I was so much pain out of it,
and my appointment time came and went hour an hour later,
and she got up in the lady's face and said
she had an appointment, what's going on? So she on
that one time advocated for me, found out there had
been an emergency, and yeah, everybody in the waiting room
understands that, but they weren't transparent about that.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
So once we found that out, like okay, she's like,
how much longer because if it's going to be more
than a half hour, we need your reschedule. And she's
just like that's what her decision was because she was
one driving me and they got me in. But overall,
from my experience, the patient has to be their own
best advocate. But when everything is happening and coming at
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you so quickly, you don't necessarily know what to ask.
You're the trauma and the scariness of it is overwhelming.
And like for me, I was single, but I can't
imagine like if you were married, or if you're married
and you had kids, you still take care of all
those other responsibilities. Of course, it doesn't just stop because
you're sick, of course, So having somebody help you navigate
(09:02):
that to make sure well all the dots, all the
eyes are dotted, teaser cross kind of thing that would
be so helpful.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
Yeah. I mean, when you think about breast cancer and
you think about the statistics that you're hearing that out
of every ten women eat are getting breast cancer, you
know that sounds very scary, you know, and if somebody
is telling you, you know, maybe you should get your mammogram,
you know, you're thinking, like the worst is going to happen.
You know, you're thinking, oh, it's going to come back
(09:29):
and it's going to say that I have breast cancer.
But the point of having a navigator walk you through
it is to say, hey, you know, I know that
this can be hard, but you need to get this done.
Can I take, like, let me take a bit of
the anxiety out of it and make it, you know,
a little bit more personable for them. So if they
do have any fears, if they do have any questions,
(09:51):
they have somebody that's there guiding them through all of
that as well.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
When I've actually been very fortunate, we're talking before the show,
the different doctors that I've been getting treatment with. They're
very upfront with me and like if I have a question,
they're like, Okay, this is step one we need to do.
We need to do scan, we need to do the mammogram,
and then we'll review the results. Step two, Step three,
we'll talk about the results. Step four. If it's benign,
(10:16):
we just keep up with what they call active surveillance.
You come back in six months, we'll just keep an
eye on it. If it's not. If it comes back cancers,
well then we're going to do a biopsy. We're going
to do like they're going to do the steps, but
they like break it down into little manageable bites for
me of how I can process, and they just recognize
that that helps me. So I think that's in my
mind what a navigator would be doing, breaking it down
(10:39):
into the little bits and it's not so scary when
you have somebody to call, that phone a friend thing.
It's really good. The lifeline, it's a good thing to have.
So for folks who are listening and they may not
have insurance or like like for my case back and
the path, I'm under insured, how does it work? I mean,
is our cost to get a man? Do they call you?
(11:01):
Do they go to the website?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
So perfect, I'm glad that you asked that. Ideally we
serve those who are underinsured and who do not have
any insurance. You can easily, you know, access us through
our website. You can go to the Promise Fund dot
org and request services there. You can also call us
at eight seven seven four two seven seven sixty six four.
(11:25):
And I'm sure we'll talk about that later. But there
is no cost to getting a mammogram as long as
you qualify financially for our program. We typically go according
to the federal poverty level the line. So for instance,
if you are in a family of four, you wouldn't
have like a household income no more than about sixty
(11:46):
two thousand dollars. But you know, those of you who
are listening, don't you know, get mixed up in the numbers.
You can just call and we like to make sure
that you just speak to us and we could tell
you whether you qualify or not. So financial and then
even if you have insurance, you can also qualify as well.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Oh yeah, So basically we want you to call yes,
because I like we talked about the show. Early detection
is key. Gives you the best possible outcome and if
you don't know, you can't fix it.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
And I was just going to say too, some people
aren't comfortable with calling, you are more than welcome to
go through the website as well, because there is a
form and where we will get you to the right
person to make sure that you're taken care of.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
So obviously they can go to the website or they
can call, Can they text or not yet? Not yet,
but you're working on it.
Speaker 3 (12:32):
I like it.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
We are because I have friends I'm like have to
text them, like I'm calling you. You need to pick
up some otherwise they won't answer the phone.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Well, actually, on the website, in the request services, you
provide your phone number and if you prefer text messaging,
you can click text messaging and the person who follows
up with you can text you, So that is a
way of you know, communicating some.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Work around already. Good job. I love it. Thanks because
some people like again, we want to meet people where
they are. Yes, So I used to do some sales stuff,
and if somebody called me on the phone, I replied
with a phone call. If they texted me, I replied
with a text. They emailed me, I replied with an email.
They wrote me a letter in the mail. Send them
back a letter in the mail. Because that's their level
(13:17):
of doing business. So it doesn't help me if I'm
calling somebody who's trying to text, because, like I said,
they're not going to answer the phone, right, Yeah, meeting
people where they at. So I think you guys are
set up to do that perfectly. I think I love it.
And I have a lot of people listening. Men and
women would like to help volunteer and promote this because
we want ever to get access to healthcare. How do
(13:39):
they volunteer with a Promise Fund?
Speaker 3 (13:42):
So we recently launched our volunteer Ambassador program. That's a
primary role that we have right now. To volunteer, you
can just go to our website at the Promise Fund
dot org. Ford slash volunteer and right there that will
kind of take your information and send it to our
volunteer coordinator. So I'll just talk a little bit about
the role of the volunteer. So an ambassador, a volunteer
(14:04):
ambassador would be out in the field like us, and
we would be recruiting women who would qualify for our
program and get them that early access to care. So
we do outreach in a lot of food pantries, a
lot of different shelters and things like that where we
would find women that would qualify for a program, and
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that's where they would be working and helping us recruit
these women.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
And do the Do you also go to some of
the churches because they allowed them to information group things.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Yeah, we did launch our Faith based Initiative group where
we do go to different religious organizations and we present
the Promise Fund and what we could do for their congregation.
So we do speak to different faith groups. So let's
back up a little bit.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Tell me a little bit more about Nancy, because I mean,
I know everybody knows her story with her sister Susy
and the reason for the Komen and then now she's
made one more step up into the game. Again with
offering all these amazing services for folks who actually need services.
Speaker 4 (15:06):
So Nancy is a go getter, does not stop. None
of us can keep up with her. Still, yes, and
as you mentioned, her sister did dive from breast cancer
in the early eighties, which led her to the Susan
g Comen organization and not wanting any woman to have
to face the fear alone, and she dedicated forty plus
(15:29):
years I think we're closer to forty five at this
point to the Susan g Comen organization and research. And
she thought she was going to retire in Florida. And
when she came down, she had three two friends I'm
sorry that put a piece in her mailbox that showed
that Pommeach County, while being one of the richest counties
in the United States, had one of the worst rates
(15:52):
of healthcare for the people that lived there, and they
asked her to do something about it. And so, with
her experience, she took that wink and she developed the
Promise Fund.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
And that's fantastic. And I always say, like one people
are like, oh, I can't make a difference something. Seriously,
Nancy commen, one person, Sorry, Nancy Brinker. One person made
a huge difference, and all, like I'll I would do
is call and say I need help with this. Would
you help?
Speaker 3 (16:20):
Yeah, and you're.
Speaker 2 (16:21):
Gonna say yes. I mean you may say no, the
baby's sick. I bet I can help you tomorrow. Yes,
but you know what I'm saying. Or if it's not
something that you're comfortable with, you can say that's not
my wheelhouse. But Monica can do this. Let me call her.
So we all network amongst each other, and I think
that's Nancy Brinker's strong suit. She networks flawlessly, whether being
(16:42):
an ambassador for the US, you know, working with coman,
having a little cocktail hour at her house. You know
what I'm saying. People come and you just I should
just go through life. You meet the most amazing people
and then later on you find out how amazing they
really were, and you're like, oh, I had no idea,
my tennis buddy, you know. So it's cool. So I
(17:03):
think she's got that. That actual was my grandma called
the knack to do that.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
You're right the knack And you said something that she
says a lot lately, and that's we all deserve to
live in a healthy community and at the end of
the day, it makes all of us better.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
Oh yeah, Some my friends are like avid boaters, so
their whole thing is like when the water in the
lake rises, all the boats rise. It helps everybody equally,
which I find out I think a fantastic visual for folks.
Everybody benefits. So I think that's just the way everybody
should should be. Like I grew up like near the
Amish community in Pennsylvania. I've seen people build a barn
(17:40):
in a day, folks. So when you tell me you
can't do something like, I'm not buying into that because
they build a barn a barn, you don't understand how
a huge barn that could hold you know, fifty cows,
can you? I mean, everybody can do it. If you
get together, you can do it. The community thing makes
a huge difference.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
It definitely takes a team to come together to do this.
For sure. We are blessed to have a number of
us on the staff that unfortunately have been affected and
breast cancer in some way, shape or form, which also
drives that mission, you know, because you have that personal
attachment to it. But you know, us putting our hands
together and you know, putting our thinking caps together and
(18:16):
being able to outreach of the community, you know, is
definitely a blessing for sure.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Oh yeah, and before you guys came in on, Chris,
I looked up. I had to look up the top
three causes of death in women. Number one, interesting enough,
is heart disease. So ladies eat well, take that walk
after each meal, you know, try and find a way
to meditate. I recommend the call map. I love it
yoga if you can do it. Some of us aren't
quite that bendi, but that's okay, more about breathing and relaxing.
(18:43):
Number two is cancer all forms. And then the third one,
interestingly enough is stroke, which it kind of ties into
the heart disease, so like you fix one, you're going
to fix the other. And men is heart disease cancer.
And then their third one is like a cross like
suicide depression. So but anyway, but very similar that that's
(19:04):
the cancer second for both people, for both groups.
Speaker 3 (19:06):
Oh yeah, I think skin cancer is the number one
cancer that American woman face and breast cancer is a
close second.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
So yes, yeah, And the neighbor kids laughing me because
I walk in the pool with like the full clothes,
you know, the swim gear, like the long pants swim gear.
They're like, why are you wearing that? I'm like skin
cancer and they're like, what, yes, so now I'm at
higher risk for that.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Yes, wear your sunscreen and get.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
And go for your annual physical with the doc. With
those the dermatologist, So I went freckles everywhere, and I
honestly thought it was just a freckle, and she's like,
we really need to take her a sample of that,
and I'm like, what I came back benin but like
what I honestly thought was nothing was concerning for her
as a doc to seeing it. And I was like,
(19:50):
I don't even see what you're seeing. So I'm so
glad you looked, because I'm not gonna be looking at
some freckle on my ankle. I mean it's not you know,
So you gotta go get that, like we obviously that
you have to go get treatments, get dock, have to
go to the doc, be proactive for your own health
and for their friends and loved ones because they want
you here. Yes, agree, So I know you guys do
(20:10):
really cool events. So there's like events, there's charity fundraisers.
So tell me a little bit about that, Like, if
I'm a business, do I sponsor an event?
Speaker 3 (20:19):
How does it work?
Speaker 4 (20:21):
Yeah, we absolutely do. We have fundraising events out in
the community. We do a lot of events, some of
them are invitation only, and we also have community events.
We have what we call our Pink Tie Guy coming up,
which is one of the biggest fundraising events, and that's
dedicated to the men of the community that help raise
funds for women getting these services. We have a major
(20:43):
donor dinner. We actually have a bridge lighting in January.
That's pretty cool because we it's a symbol of bridging
the gap that exists with women obtaining health care and
it falls in January, which is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month,
something that we also help with. I know we've talked
a lot about breast Cervical cancer is something too that
the Promise Fund will help with and Shanuoka can speak
(21:06):
more to the community events that we also attend, host
and partner with.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Yeah, of course, So we recently had a mammogram pop
up in West del Ray last Thursday where we were
able to screen about twenty women. They were able to
get their mammograms for free. And then we have a
couple coming up in the new year, so things start
to slow down towards the end of the year. But
in January for Civical Awareness Month, we have a MAMMO
(21:34):
pop up on the twenty ninth in Lakeworth and then
on the first of February we'll be in Belglade. But
we also do attend some of the community events throughout
the Palm Beach, like we're attending an event with Healthy Mother's,
Healthy Babies on December sixteenth as well, where we'll be
providing education to the community there.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
Oh fantastic And speaking of cervical cancer, tell me and
the listeners little bit about that one, Safie chalk about
breast cancer because I've had that one, so I know
a bit more about that one. But hey, if somebody
had cervical cancer, they're like, hey, don't forget me.
Speaker 4 (22:04):
Yes exactly.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Yeah. So cervical cancer not as common as breast cancer.
But a good thing about it is that is completely preventable.
The way that you can prevent it is by you know,
getting your PAP tests. So you go to your obi
giine typically every year every two to three years, depending
on how your ob giine suggests that you go, and
(22:27):
you get that PAP test. It checks to see if
you have any abnormal cells, and if you do, typically
you know they'll get you started right away, just like
breast cancer. You know, the earlier the better. However, unfortunately,
even in Palm Beach and in Florida, we have a
lot of people dying to late stage cervical cancer, even
(22:49):
though it is preventable. So we try to get the
education out there as much as possible because if we
can help prevent it, you know, we want to be
able to do that.
Speaker 2 (22:59):
Oh absolutely, you're like going and see the doc. You
need that well visited.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
You need to need the the.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Blood checker, the blood check, the paps, mirror, the mammogram,
all those things. And one of my friends she sketchles
them all around her birthday because she's like, I'm gonna
remember my birthday every year, so she wants to have
a happy birthday, so she just schedules all those things
to make herself stay healthy. I think it's kind of
a cool idea.
Speaker 3 (23:19):
Yeah, that is very clever. I like that.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
Yeah, And the thing is like I went once many
years ago, had one weird pap. Don't think about that.
They don't be worried they'll just have you come back
in three to six months and test again, yes, and
then if something's off again, then they'll be more testing,
of course. And they said people have abnormal pops all
the time, uncommon because I know when I got that
was the only one I'd ever had, and I was
(23:42):
so worried. And no, no, it's no cause for alarm
yet kind of thing. So I don't want people to
be scared to go and get these tests. No, get
your mammogram. And I've really encouraged the mammogram and the
papsmere because well, look, cervical, you're not going to notice. No,
that's nothing you see there.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
It's typically asymptomatic, like it won't present with anything until
it's like late later on. So it's yeah, you're not
gonna know, So it's best to go for sure to
your appointments.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
And a lot of b rust cancers diagnosed with the
MRI or the three D scan there's no lump, you know.
For me, there was no lump. They just saw something
on the film and they're like, we need to check
that out, yep, And luckily they did so they caught
it so early because they saw that.
Speaker 3 (24:24):
Yeah. Yeah, the mammogram allows to catch a lump two
years before it actually develops physically, so it is definitely
important in getting mamogram.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah, I'm such a science nerd.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
This is so cool.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
I am too. I am too.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
We do have the latest technology that we're offering as well,
between three D and AI, and so it actually makes
a big difference.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
Yeah, thanks, the whole logic.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
Well, yeah, and sometimes it's a little bit uncomfortable with
some of those tests, especially you know, the compressing, but hey,
you know, two minutes or more.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
Of less to save your life, you're worth it, Yes,
for sure.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
That's my thing is you're absolutely worth taking this extra
step for yourself and taking that time for yourself to
go to likely say in the airplane, when the air
that little mask drops down, you put it on yourself first.
Then you're able to help the other folks around you. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
As women, we are very empathetic, we're very caring, we're
very nurturing, and we easily neglect ourselves. But the best
way you can take care of your family and your
friends is by taking care of you.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I totally agree. And of course what's the phone number
again for them in the website And then get more
information so they can visit our website at the promisefund
dot org. I can spell it out t H E
P R O, M I S E, f U n
D dot org and they can call us at eight
seven seven four two seven seven six sixty four eight
(25:44):
seven seven four two seven seven sixty sixty four. Now,
if you do not get somebody who answers the phone,
please leave a message and somebody will get back to
you within twenty four to forty eight hours. Oh fantastic.
I like that, And like so if somebody's listening and
they want to do an event and have you guys
be the beneficiary, do they call you? How do they
(26:05):
set that up?
Speaker 4 (26:05):
Yeah, they can call the phone number. I would even
suggest going directly to the website. We have an info
email there and that will come into our inbox to
make sure that somebody does respond to it quickly. We
are all for those sorts of relationships. So thank you
for offering that.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
Oh yeah, I think it's such a fun thing because
I've gotten invites like come over to the island and
shop for handbags or scarves or whatever it is, and
then the proceeds go to you guys or some may
of a different charity, but I just need that such
a fun way, especially as the holidays are coming up.
People need presents. Yes, I love handbags. Why I hit hint,
(26:41):
But no, it's a fun way to give somebody a
gift and also give a gift to someone else. Yes,
by donating for the clause.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
Yeah, you can also donate online too, if you were
interested in donating online. I love that you said, you know,
in the gift giving spirit, so you can give somebody
a mammogram or give somebody a you know, a pop test.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
So for oh, I think that's a great idea. I
mean seriously, Like if your friend came to you and said, dude,
can I borrow fifty bucks? I just need to get
test done. Yeah, you give him fifty bucks.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
You know, it just is what it is.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
I had a friend many years ago. He was struggling.
He was really down, and he finally came on social
media on Facebook and said, I have never asked anybody
for help. I'm so embarrassed. His truck broke, the computer broke,
He needed all these things, and it all happened at once,
because it never happens just a little bit. All happened
at once, so he sat like a little GoFundMe and
we all gave him the money and he got sorted out.
(27:36):
But I was like, always ask.
Speaker 3 (27:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
My whole thing is that you don't ask, you don't
get yes. And the worst thing somebody could do, yeah,
they'll say no, say you no, you lost somebody else. Yes,
don't let that stop you. In my opinion, my co
works left me for that. But I'm like, hey, you
never know unless you ask. So this next things they
can donate online, yes, which I think is good. And
so you're obviously doing a lot of really amazing things. Now,
(28:01):
are there plans for you guys to expand in the future,
because I know there's always need for other things.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
That is a great question, and we're happy that you asked,
because we are expanding. If you have listeners outside of
Palm Beach County north into Martin South into Broward and
then this way we have Try County area covered, We're
going further west and we're it's a replication of the
program that we have within the Federally Qualified Health Center
(28:28):
in Palm Springs, Florida right now that will go into
Broward community. There will be one additional in West Palm
and one in Pointant Beach, and then we can refer
people to other medical places throughout the Tri County area.
So we try to make sure that we navigate the
(28:49):
women to a place that's close to their home or
their place of work, so that that way we have
a higher success rate of getting them to the help
that they need.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Well, yeah, because so it can be difficult to getting
someplace it's like an hour away, or your car's broke
or you just can you guys help with that?
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
Well, fortunately we do have a partnership with Uber Health,
so whenever any of our ladies have an appointment, we
will transport them to that appointment. They don't have to
worry about any transportation at all. That is such a
great service. Let me just tell you what.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
That's such a great service. Yes, having had to have
some procedures done where you're not able to drive afterward
and all of your friends work, yeah yeah, and they
won't let you take an Uber and I'm like, come
on now, somebody's got to come pick me up. Yeah yeah, yeah,
so I got mine sorted out, But that would be
a much better route to go. Oh no, yeah, it
can definitely be an inconvenience and a burden, you know,
(29:42):
just thinking about how you're going to get to the doctor.
Just taking that barrier or that obstacle out of your
you know, your thinking definitely helps for sure. Oh gosh. Yeah,
it's like could say, okay, we need to be there
at ten to fifteen on Tuesday, the uber will be there,
you know, n yes, where you go. Yeah, there's no
like oh but I can't, but you can and we're
going to health you get there.
Speaker 3 (30:02):
I'd like that for you.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
So again, you guys are on social media too for
people to find out more information.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
Yes, we are. We are on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Speaker 2 (30:11):
Right, very nice.
Speaker 4 (30:13):
I like it?
Speaker 2 (30:14):
And is it Promise Fund?
Speaker 3 (30:15):
The Promise Fund?
Speaker 2 (30:17):
I'm a lot of clear friends. Well, I want to
thank you guys for doing such cool thing in the communities.
Obviously very much needed and appreciate it. What would you
tell folks about becoming involved with the Promise Fund for
the like I always people always looking for new things
for the New Year resolutions.
Speaker 4 (30:34):
I would just say to reach out and we're all
in this together. The stronger our community becomes, the stronger
you become, and it's a win win for everybody.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Yeah, I agree. You know when we talk about community too,
you know that phrase. We're only as strong as like
our weakest player, right, So ask your friends hey, like,
have you gone to the doctor, have you gotten your
mammo Graham? Have you had your wellness check? Check in
on them. If they don't have any insurance, provide them
with something like the promise fun and they could we
(31:05):
could see if they would qualify or even if they
don't qualify. We have so many different resources that we
can get them connected to to ensure that they're taking
care of their health.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
I think that's fantastic. Well, Dadi, thanks for doing such
a cool thing in the community. Very much needed. Totally
appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
If you need more information, reach out to me Palm
Beach Perspective at iHeartMedia dot com. Happy to forward on
the details. Hope everybody has a wonderful weekend. I'm dev
Nev and this has been my perspective. Remember life is good,
so be your healthiest view and let's get out there
and live it until next week. Enjoy.
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